Christian Slater to be honored with Hollywood Walk of Fame star

A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is scheduled to be unveiled Monday honoring actor Christian Slater for a television career that includes a starring role on “Dexter: Original Sin.”

Sarah Michelle Gellar and Michael Lehmann are set to join Slater in speaking at the 11:30 a.m. ceremony at 6201 Hollywood Blvd., in front of the Eastown apartments, near Argyle Avenue.

Gellar portrays Tanya Martin, the chief of forensics of the Miami Metro Police Department’s homicide division and the boss of Dexter Morgan (Patrick Gibson), a recently hired forensic intern on the Paramount+ With Showtime prequel to “Dexter.”

Slater portrays the adoptive father of Morgan, a future vigilante serial killer.

Lehmann directed six of the 10 episodes in the series’ first season, which concluded Feb. 14. Paramount+ With Showtime announced in April it had renewed “Dexter: Original Sin” for a second season.

The star is the 2,815th since the completion of the Walk of Fame in 1961 with the initial 1,558 stars.

All Walk of Fame ceremonies are streamed on walkoffame.com, and can later be seen on youtube.com/@HwdWalkofFame.

Slater was born Aug. 18, 1969, in New York City. He made his television debut when he was 8 years old on the ABC daytime drama “One Life to Live,” and his Broadway debut in the 1980 revival of “The Music Man.”

Slater made his film debut in the 1985 action drama “The Legend of Billie Jean,” as the younger brother of the title character (Helen Slater), both of whom become fugitives after a confrontation with a local bully turns violent.

Slater’s breakout film role came in the 1988 satire “Heathers” as sociopathic high school student Jason “J.D.” Dean.

Slater’s other film credits include “The Name of the Rose,” “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves,” “True Romance,” “Interview With the Vampire,” “The River Murders,” “Soldiers of Fortune,” “Bullet to the Head,” “Nymphomaniac” and “The Wife.”

Slater’s first role as a series cast member was in the 2008 NBC spy thriller “My Own Worst Enemy,” which ran for nine episodes. He next starred in the 2009-10 ABC crime drama, “The Forgotten,” which ran for 17 episodes.

Slater’s longest-running series is the 2015-19 USA Network thriller, “Mr. Robot,” as the title character, an insurrectionary anarchist.

Slater’s other television credits include portraying murder victim Dan Broderick in the second season of the USA Network true crime anthology “Dirty John,” and vascular surgeon Dr. Randall Kirby in the first season of the Peacock true crime drama anthology “Dr. Death.”

Slater won the outstanding lead performer in a preschool, children’s or young teen program Children’s & Family Emmy for his portrayal of the ogre Mulgarath in the Roku Channel fantasy series, “The Spiderwick Chronicles” in March.

Slater also has had an extensive voice-acting career, with roles including Pips in “FernGully: The Last Rainforest,” Slater in “Archer,” Ushari in “The Lion Guard,” Rand Ridley in “Inside Job” and Floyd Lawton and his alter ego Deadshot in the DC animated movie universe.